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Monday, October 27, 2014

Coming Soon: RAINE

No, this isn't a weather forecast. This is an announcement that Raine, the newest novel from M.M. Roethig, is set to release on November 10th! It's available for preorder now at Amazon and Smashwords, Want a chance to win them free? M.M. Roethig is giving away a signed copy of bothRaine and Beginnings, the anthology which includes Elemental Princess, the prequel to Raine. You can enter to win that here.

Meantime, here's a sneak peek at Raine, and what's being said about it.

Starting her senior year
of high school, Raine Patterson is content with being invisible. That is, until
the mysteriously handsome Kaden transfers in and turns her world upside down.
Drawn to him in ways she can’t understand, Raine finds herself falling for him,
regardless of his harsh stares and mixed signals. When she discovers a hidden
ability to control the elements, she finds herself the target of a madman, and
Kaden is the only one who can help her. Can she trust him?

Kaden Williams has hated
Elementals from the time he lost his father to them as a young boy. Chosen to
protect Elementals, Kaden turned his back on his duty, swearing to rid the
world of them instead. Meeting Raine was no accident, but his feelings for her throw
him into turmoil and threaten to change the way he feels about Elementals. When
Raine becomes the target of an unknown aggressor, Kaden is forced to decide
which path he will follow.

As the struggle for
knowledge unfolds and the beginning of a pending war looms closer, Raine and
Kaden must lean on each other to discover the truth and survive.

“Refreshing tale of love, betrayal,
and spectacular feats. Unputdownable with a cast of characters so real, you’d wish
they could live on past the pages.”

~Elizabeth
Mueller, author of Darkspell.

“It takes
a gifted writer to snare the reader from the first page of a story. M.M.
Roethig does just that in Raine, crafting a hero and heroine who will capture
your heart and have you championing them along, especially as they begin to
understand not only who they are but how each fits into the life of the other.”

~ Linda Boulanger, author of Dance with the Enemy

Sneak Peek:

Pain
shot through her
head as she came to. The events of
yesterday were a blur. Raine gingerly blinked her eyes against the blackness.
She tried to lift a hand to touch the throbbing pain on the back of her head only
it wouldn’t move.

Cobwebs in her mind
slowly cleared as memories fought to come to the surface, but lay just beyond
her reach. Confusion made her shake with fear.

The room was uncomfortably
hot and the smell of musty old wood accosted her. She shook her head against
the smell and paid with another stab of pain in her head, making her eyes
water.

Raine blinked the
tears swiftly away and waited for her vision to come into focus in the dark
room.

The marking on her
wrist began to glow, softly at first, slowly growing in intensity until the
darkness faded away.

She knew her fear
made her marking come to life. She also knew he would be close.

Thoughts of him opened her mind and Raine shuddered
when her memories finally hit her with full force.

He tricked her. The
one person she thought she could trust betrayed her. He was the reason she was here, and she couldn’t stop the
overwhelming despair that threatened to crush her heart.

With deep breaths,
Raine tried to curb the sting in her chest as she took in her surroundings.

The room was dark
with pitch-black curtainless windows in the far corner, which meant it was the
dead of night. Outside the window she could make out the shapes of trees, thick
trees that blocked the faint light of the moon.

A blast of heat
accosted her directly in the face, making her feel weak. She fought the urge to
sleep as she furiously blinked against the warmth that somehow drained her
instantly. Her marking slowly faded as weakness enveloped her and it became
harder to keep her eyes open. She was going to lose the battle. She could feel
the subtle pull of the moon and struggled desperately to hold onto the strength
it provided, but she was too weak to pull from its energy.

A faint light
appeared under the door in front of her and she heard faint creaks in the wood
just beyond the door that held her prisoner. Someone was coming. She fought
against her heavy lids as the door opened and light flooded into the small
room.

A shadow, tall and
lean, sauntered into the room and Raine strained to see his face. She wanted to
look in his eyes and find the answers to her questions. She needed to know who
wanted her so much. She needed to know why.

The shadow stepped
closer and Raine let out a weak gasp.

“You?” Confusion
warred with reason inside her head as her neck gave way and her head slumped
forward, eyes closed.

Kaesen, an elemental princess, lives on a distant star called Maia. She loves Alwen, but as her sworn protector they're forbidden to be together. Promised to a cruel man, Kaesen will do whatever is necessary to change the stars and be allowed to love her Alwen.